Weekend!
Note After reviewing this post - It's pretty long. My apologies.
It was interesting to say the very least.
Went out with some close and amazing Levittown friends. Friends that I've had since HS or beyond.
Names that will surely be reappearing in LJ entries whilst on LI:
Mike - Big, football playerish, but also was in the plays. Karaoke god - His Twist and Shout guarantees to make the whole bar crazy.
Kristi - Mike's girlfriend of seven years. Buxom, blond dancer who rivals my Harry Potter obsession.
Katie - Fiery red head. Always dancing by my side at the end of the night. We also dated in Kindergarten. (lol)
Jay & Mary - Definitely one unit. Been together for soon-to-be TEN years. Get one drink in Mary and you have constant source of comic relief for the rest of the night.
Erin - The brunette bartender. Shares my secret love for some country music. Her old-school Nintendo is still hooked up.
Tom - T-bone. The "newest" of all these friends as he was in the grade behind mine. Still - awesome people.
Friday night began at Mike's house. I was welcomed with "Paul! You're back!"'s from his parents and we climbed the stairs one-by-one to go to Mike's room. There we played Scene It on Xbox 360 (with buzzers!) and formed the night's plans.
Faddy's - An L-town bar - walking distance from Kristi's.
It quickly occurred to me that, even when I came home for breaks from college, I had NEVER been to a bar in my town.
We walked in and I instantly saw 15 faces (literally) that I had no intentions on seeing ever again.
We got a table in the back. I gathered my bearings for a bit and then got a drink. I nursed two drinks over the course of 3 hours of amazing conversation, side-splitting laughter, and excitement of plans to come in the upcoming months.
We ended the night with a toast from Mike.
"To Paul. We may not have him for long, so let's show him what he's been missing!"
Amazing.
Saturday. The day of cleaning. I threw out a whole lot of old stuff and unpacked everything else. I finally have a room again.
Saturday night at another bar - Who-ville - not in my exact town (thank god).
Same crew as Friday - add Melanie & Carl.
Melanie BEST friend in HS. We're quickly realizing it's still there. :o) I hope her sublet plans fall through so we can move in together.
Carl Drummer. Hard-ass when he's around other hard-asses. Heart-of-gold when it's just us.
Live band, bar games, making friends. Again - an amazing night.
Sunday. Late wake up. Katie and I went to a kickline/dance competition. Melanie and Kristi are the coaches.
It was actually a lot of fun. They did well, but we had to leave at 4. (They had been going for over two hours and they were about a 1/3 of the way through the list!)
Got home. Took a quick nap. Helped unload my sister's haul from her bridal shower (AHH THE WEDDING IS SO SOON). Then hopped on a train to the city to see WWE's ROYAL RUMBLE with some work friends.
It was awesome of course. I texted Justin results of every match. Awesome food, lots of screaming, our rep's 7 year old son threw his glow stick over the railing when he was disappointed with the result of a match. The entire box exploded with laughter.
After, I took a 1 train to 86th street and slept at Catherine's. She was quite the hostess (complete with a morning cappuccino). She looks forward to my future sleepovers.
Pretty busy! Now to work.
:o)
It was interesting to say the very least.
Went out with some close and amazing Levittown friends. Friends that I've had since HS or beyond.
Names that will surely be reappearing in LJ entries whilst on LI:
Mike - Big, football playerish, but also was in the plays. Karaoke god - His Twist and Shout guarantees to make the whole bar crazy.
Kristi - Mike's girlfriend of seven years. Buxom, blond dancer who rivals my Harry Potter obsession.
Katie - Fiery red head. Always dancing by my side at the end of the night. We also dated in Kindergarten. (lol)
Jay & Mary - Definitely one unit. Been together for soon-to-be TEN years. Get one drink in Mary and you have constant source of comic relief for the rest of the night.
Erin - The brunette bartender. Shares my secret love for some country music. Her old-school Nintendo is still hooked up.
Tom - T-bone. The "newest" of all these friends as he was in the grade behind mine. Still - awesome people.
Friday night began at Mike's house. I was welcomed with "Paul! You're back!"'s from his parents and we climbed the stairs one-by-one to go to Mike's room. There we played Scene It on Xbox 360 (with buzzers!) and formed the night's plans.
Faddy's - An L-town bar - walking distance from Kristi's.
It quickly occurred to me that, even when I came home for breaks from college, I had NEVER been to a bar in my town.
We walked in and I instantly saw 15 faces (literally) that I had no intentions on seeing ever again.
We got a table in the back. I gathered my bearings for a bit and then got a drink. I nursed two drinks over the course of 3 hours of amazing conversation, side-splitting laughter, and excitement of plans to come in the upcoming months.
We ended the night with a toast from Mike.
"To Paul. We may not have him for long, so let's show him what he's been missing!"
Amazing.
Saturday. The day of cleaning. I threw out a whole lot of old stuff and unpacked everything else. I finally have a room again.
Saturday night at another bar - Who-ville - not in my exact town (thank god).
Same crew as Friday - add Melanie & Carl.
Melanie BEST friend in HS. We're quickly realizing it's still there. :o) I hope her sublet plans fall through so we can move in together.
Carl Drummer. Hard-ass when he's around other hard-asses. Heart-of-gold when it's just us.
Live band, bar games, making friends. Again - an amazing night.
Sunday. Late wake up. Katie and I went to a kickline/dance competition. Melanie and Kristi are the coaches.
It was actually a lot of fun. They did well, but we had to leave at 4. (They had been going for over two hours and they were about a 1/3 of the way through the list!)
Got home. Took a quick nap. Helped unload my sister's haul from her bridal shower (AHH THE WEDDING IS SO SOON). Then hopped on a train to the city to see WWE's ROYAL RUMBLE with some work friends.
It was awesome of course. I texted Justin results of every match. Awesome food, lots of screaming, our rep's 7 year old son threw his glow stick over the railing when he was disappointed with the result of a match. The entire box exploded with laughter.
After, I took a 1 train to 86th street and slept at Catherine's. She was quite the hostess (complete with a morning cappuccino). She looks forward to my future sleepovers.
Pretty busy! Now to work.
:o)